VALRC

VALRC: Data Office Hours (#3 for July)
2022-07-26 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Data Office Hours is an hour long, ongoing monthly meeting for anyone involved in adult ed data collection and reporting. This session provides support for policy and practice related to NRS data collection.
1st Tuesday of Each month from 2:00–3:00 p.m.

LINCS: Low Tech Assistive Technology: Providing an On-Ramp for Learning!
2022-07-22 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
There are everyday items that can assist students with learning disabilities and other learning difficulties who may be attending your literacy program, right now. These “tools” become low-tech assistive technology (AT) aides which provide strategic support for students during instruction and help them leverage their unique neurodiverse strengths! Participants will learn about and discuss different types of low-tech AT and leave with a clear understanding of how simple AT options can help students succeed in both the academic and workplace environments.

COABE: Free Online ESOL Classes – USA Learns
2022-07-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Are you looking for free online resources to teach ESOL at a distance? USA Learns offers five English courses that use multimedia to teach beginning and intermediate English. The interactive activities cover listening, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, pronunciation, reading, writing, speaking, and job skills. Brainstorm ways to use these materials in your class and learn to create your own USA Learns course to track student progress, scores, and time.

VALRC: Spanish HSE Summer Discussion Series
2022-07-21 13:30 - 15:00
This discussion series is a space for discussion and sharing of best practices for supporting Spanish-language HSE preparation.

VALRC: Data Office Hours (#2 for July)
2022-07-19 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual

EdTech Center: Teaching Skills That Matter EdTech Maker Space
2022-07-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
The goal of the first EdTech Maker Space (ETMS) project, taking place in the summer of 2022, is to curate OER and align them to four Teaching Skills That Matter topics (Civic Education, Workforce Preparation, Health Literacy, and Financial Literacy).
Along the way, participants will learn strategies for OER evaluation, skills/standards alignment, collaboration with edtech, and inclusive design. Visit this website to learn more!

2022 GED Conference
2022-07-13 - 2022-07-15 | Virtual
The GED Testing Service Annual Conference is on July 13-15, 2022, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. There will be sessions on developing workforce skills and getting the most out of the GED by pursuing a college degree and applying for higher paying jobs. Visit this website for more information!

LINCS: Preparing Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder for Postsecondary Education
2022-07-08 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Join this live discussion featuring clips from the Autism Goes to College Project and discover strategies that can be used to better support neurodivergent learners, as more than half of young adults with autism remain unemployed and unenrolled in higher education in the two years after high school.

EdTech Center: Experiment with EdTech
2022-07-08 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
During these workshops, Rachel Riggs, Digital Learning Specialist, invites attendees to either bring ideas or tools they’d like to try out OR just come and observe while we explore new developments and strategies in educational technology. These will be casual workshops with no fixed agenda, no single presenter, and no pressure. Come as you are and get inspired!

LINCS: Pathway Home Grant: IET Implementation within Correctional Settings
2022-07-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Pathway Home grants from the U.S. Department of Labor target re-entering citizens and provide adult education, training, and supports.
Join the LINCS Community Professional Development group for an interview with Carl Betterson, the Coordinator of Savannah Technical College’s U.S. Department of Education’s Pathway Home grant, to learn about program implementation successes and challenges.

VALRC: Data Office Hours
2022-07-05 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-06-07 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual

EdTech: Teaching Skills That Matter EdTech Maker Space
2022-06-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
The goal of the first EdTech Maker Space (ETMS) project, taking place in the summer of 2022, is to curate OER and align them to four Teaching Skills That Matter topics (Civic Education, Workforce Preparation, Health Literacy, and Financial Literacy). Along the way, participants will learn strategies for OER evaluation, skills/standards alignment, collaboration with edtech, and inclusive design.
The first ETMS project spans six weeks in June-July and there are three Zoom meetings at the dates and times below. Full participation, including attending the meetings and contributing to group work asynchronously is approximately ten hours total. Participants will be awarded badges that reflect their level of participation, contribution, and achievement of learning goals.

EdTech: National Digital Inclusion Alliance Presents: Digital Inclusion 101 Webinar
2022-06-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Digital Inclusion practitioners have been working to end the digital divide for decades, creating their own community, definitions, resources, and gaining knowledge of what works and doesn’t. Digital Inclusion is a multifaceted issue that takes time to understand and NDIA is here to help!

EdTech: Becoming Trauma Informed in Adult Education
2022-06-10 13:00 - 14:30
This participatory webinar explores the impact that personal and community trauma has on adult learners’ ability to engage and persist, and then dives into strategies anyone can use to become more trauma-informed in educational settings. Visit this website to learn more!

LINCS: Adult Education and Resettled Refugees in the United States
2022-06-08 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
This webinar will guide practitioners in how to enhance their instructional strategies to account for the specific experiences and circumstances of newly resettled refugees. Special emphasis will be placed on trauma-informed practices.

LINCS: Using Tutors to Improve Adult Learner's Math Skills
2022-06-08 13:30 - 14:30 | Virtual
Many adult learners struggle with math instruction. Join this interactive event and discuss promising practices for using tutors to support math instruction in the adult education class. Explore how Universal Design for Learning can be incorporated into the math classroom. Be ready to share ideas, ask questions, and walk away with resources and ideas that can be applied to your program.

COABE: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Virtual Symposium
2022-06-08 | Virtual
COABE, together with national partners, is hosting this one day symposium to focus on racial equity and immigrant integration, prison literacy, digital equity, students as leaders, learning differences, and local program improvement. The hope is to provide each attendee with actionable tools that can be immediately used at the local and state level. Registration is free for COABE & VAACE members. Visit this website to learn more!

Literacy Minnesota: Comprehension Strategies for Intermediate-Level Readers
2022-06-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Research shows that explicitly teaching a set of comprehension strategies is a great way to help intermediate-level readers maximize their understanding of texts. Come learn a handful of great comprehension tools that will help students develop critical thinking skills and comprehension skills.

COABE: Teaching With Webb's Depth of Knowledge in Mind for High School Equivalency Test Success!
2022-06-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Most GED® and HiSET® high school equivalency test questions are at Webb’s Depth of Knowledge levels 2 and 3. How can we help our students successfully answer these cognitively challenging questions? In this interactive session, you will learn several evidence-based teaching strategies that will help your students survive and thrive when tackling these tricky test questions.

LINCS: Teaching the Anxious and Depressed Student
2022-06-02 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
How can we help anxious students succeed in our classrooms? The pandemic triggered a large increase in the number of students who suffer from anxiety and depression. Trauma and chronic stress lead to anxiety and depression and make learning a challenge.
Join the LINCS Community Reading & Writing and Teaching &Learning groups to learn more about the signs and symptoms of anxiety and depression and consider trauma-informed teaching practices to support learning and increase student retention.

VALRC: Math Instructor Support Group
2022-05-23 16:00 - 17:00
4th Monday of each month from 4:00–5:00 p.m.

VALRC: Spring 2022 Professional Development Focus Group
2022-05-18 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual
Our mission and vision at VALRC are to ensure that the Virginia field of adult education and literacy receives innovative and effective training and resources so that adult practitioners have the best available tools and foundation to help adult learners build a better future. In order to achieve this mission, we need to hear and learn from you.
The purpose of this group is to speak with Virginia adult educators about your experiences with and feedback on VALRC professional development offerings and to learn more about what you feel are professional development needs of the field.
We are seeking practitioners, including program administrators, support staff, and instructors working in adult education in Virginia—those who attended our events in Spring 2022 and those who were unable to or chose not to attend VALRC offerings during this time.
Registration is open to the first 20 practitioners who register!

VALRC: TL 101 PLC
2022-05-17 12:00 - 13:30
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EdTech: Building Relevance and Engagement to Keep Learners Motivated and Moving Forward
2022-05-13 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
This webinar is focused on keeping learners motivated and moving forward. Ann Marie Przybyl of Literacy New York delivers the first lightning talk, sharing strategies for teaching soft skills by Incorporating Workplace Readiness Skills Into Adult Education. Then, James Brown III of Guilford Tech Community College (NC) will share about Using Formative Assessment and Seat Time Data for Engagement and Retention. After these two lightning talks, join the speakers in a breakout room for 30 minutes to dig deeper and discuss how these strategies relate to your practice.

LINCS: Coffee Break: Meeting Student Social, Emotional, & Learning Needs in Mathematics
2022-05-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Join the Math and Numeracy community of practice in an informal Coffee Break on the Social, Emotional Learning needs of Adult Numeracy and Mathematics Learners. The moderator will walk participants through the research and practical ways of meeting the SEL needs of our learners. This informal session is a group discussion. Participants will be expected to come and share their experiences and questions. Together we can brainstorm ways to address SEL in the mathematics classroom.

LINCS: How the Brain Learns to Read
2022-05-10 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Have you ever wondered how the brain learns to read? Find out and use this knowledge to improve your reading instruction during a live one-hour event with subject matter expert Meredith Liben.

EdTech: Staying Healthy EdTech Maker Space Project Showcase
2022-05-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
In partnership with Florida Literacy Coalition, EdTech ran the Staying Healthy! EdTech Maker Space in which educators adapted activities from the Staying Healthy ESOL Health Literacy curriculum using Jamboard, Quizlet, and Wakelet, and aligned other language learning, reading, and listening resources to the curriculum. During this webinar, EdTech will showcase what was accomplished and how you can use this curriculum.

OCTAE: National Dialogue on IELCE and Immigrant Integration
2022-05-05 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Join leadership from the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in a national dialogue on the topic of Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education/Integrated Education and Training programming and its connection to immigrant integration and inclusion.
The event also will introduce OCTAE’s Enhancing Access to Refugees and New Americans project. Project staff will share both the results of a recently conducted landscape scan on immigrant integration and inclusion approaches in adult education and upcoming technical assistance opportunities available to the field.

VALRC: Teacher Leader 201 PLC
2022-05-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Online
The Teacher Leader 201 PLC series is a continuation of the Teacher Leader 101 PLC series. This PLC focuses on supporting educators set and implement a goal for improving their practice.
